Indie rock group Helsinki Lambda Club’s first full album is out this week!
Helsinki Lambda Club is one of the most charming indie bands around nowadays and they are coming out with a new album this week, called ME to ME. It was…
SA: WAO!!!! – new album and video from the punk veterans
So, I mentioned in the post about Razors Edge, that there are a lot of old, still active punk rock bands in Japan and SA formed even earlier than Kenji Razors'…
Razors Edge releases anniversary Best of with… 44 tracks!
Japan's punk scene is huge, with countless bands (and so many good ones!) and while there are many, many new groups that come and go, there are also several big…
Legendary rock group The Yellow Monkey is back with its first new single since their reunion!
Let's start this with a short history lesson: One of the most successful Japanese rock acts of the '90s was the group called The Yellow Monkey, that played a mixture…
New album from Crystal Lake in November!
Crystal Lake, one of Japan's longest running metalcore bands (they formed back in 2002!) will release its forth full length album at the end of November. The release date ()…
Boom Boom Satellites – R.I.P. Michiyuki Kawashima
It was announced earlier today by Boom Boom Satellites' staff, that the duo's singer and guitarist Michiyuki Kawashima passed away after his years-long struggle with brain tumor. After going through…
TsuShiMaMiRe announces European tour dates!
As the band's leader, Mari already mentioned in our recent interview, at the end of this year, indie / altern rock / art punk band TsuShiMaMiRe will be going on a…
Boris + Endon: Eros – out on vinyl in November
One of the most exciting releases from last year was by two of Japan's heaviest bands, Boris and Endon, who joined forces for a cassette only mini-album with five tracks,…
Foxpill Cult: Homo Demens Man – new album and two new videos from the new wave band!
The deliciously weird new wave (well, if you can call it new actually they are pretty hard to categorize) group Foxpill Cult already had a CD out earlier this year,…
New music video from Mono + Taka Goto announces solo project
As reported previously, Mono will be releasing its new, altogether ninth studio album mid-October and they just released the full version of their music video for the title and if…